Förla
Old Norse Dictionary - förla
Meaning of Old Norse word "förla" (or fǫrla)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- förla (fǫrla)
- að, to grow faint, weak; ef hann of förlar, if he fails, (the passage is dubious, and something seems left out), K. Þ. K. 42: reflex. to fall into ruin, ef förlask reiðir, svá at um bæta þarf, Gþl. 77; þá mun brátt f. afl ráða-görðar, Sks. 331:—impers., e-m förlask, one grows weak, esp. from age, Krók. 40; in mod. usage, finn eg að augum förlast sýn, I feel my eyes grow dim, Hallgr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, förla may be more accurately written as fǫrla.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)